Your Hiring Process Is a Dumpster Fire

Your Hiring Process Is a Dumpster Fire

Hiring isn’t broken because there’s a talent shortage. Hiring is broken because companies have overcomplicated the process to the point of dysfunction. When applying feels like jumping through hoops, and interviewing is a three-week scavenger hunt for approval, you’re not attracting talent—you’re exhausting it.

Candidates don’t owe you endless patience. If you want good people, you need to stop treating them like they’re lucky to be there and start treating them like humans with other options. That means writing job descriptions that make sense, not listing every possible skill under the sun. It means showing up to interviews prepared, following up when you say you will, and actually making onboarding feel like a welcome, not a checkbox.

And no, it’s not about lowering your standards. It’s about making your process efficient, respectful, and human. If your best candidate ghosted you after round two, ask yourself: would you want to work for a company that communicates like that? If your new hire walked out after two weeks, maybe it wasn’t “poor fit” or poor planning.

• Here’s what a better hiring process looks like:

• A job posting written like a human, not a robot.

• Clear timelines and steps for the interview process—shared upfront.

• Prompt communication at every stage, even if it’s a no.

• Interviewers who are trained and prepped, not “winging it.”

• Onboarding that actually introduces the company, not just the software.

• Feedback loops to keep improving the process with every hire.

• Respect for the candidate’s time, not just your own.

Clean up your hiring process. Streamline your steps. Treat candidates like people, not puzzles. Because in a world where people have choices, they’re not ghosting you because they’re flaky—they’re ghosting you because your process feels like punishment.